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New York Times:25 minutes ago
Trump's Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words  —  The former president has spent decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself.  That tendency is now working against him in his Manhattan criminal case.  —  “So that's not true?  That's not true?”
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Washington Post:
Trump on trial: Personal anguish, political defiance and a loss of control  —  The former president has tried to campaign during his New York trial, but it's constraining him  —  NEW YORK — For 20 minutes Donald Trump campaigned like everything was normal.
Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story and Axios
Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Israel Agitator Shouts ‘Kill the Jews,’ Gets Everyone Else Arrested  —  HATE SPEECH  —  Around 100 protesters were arrested on Saturday at a pro-Palestine encampment at Northeastern University, but not the one whose hate speech got everything shut down.
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Dems, GOP bash Kristi Noem for shooting her dog  —  The South Dakota governor has seen her political caché skyrocket in recent years and is reportedly a top contender to become Donald Trump's 2024 running mate.  —  Both Democrats and Republicans are piling on after South Dakota …
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin Disputes Report Putin Didn't Order Navalny's Death  —  OWNING UP?  —  Dmitry Peskov said the report had “very empty reasoning.”  —  Russia has dismissed a report claiming Vladimir Putin did not order the killing of famed dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison in February.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Shocker From Top Conservative Judge: Trump Likely To Skate Completely  —  “I'm profoundly disturbed about the apparent direction of the court,” J. Michael Luttig told me.  “I now believe that it is unlikely Trump will ever be tried for the crimes he committed in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.”
Discussion: Hackwhackers, Newsweek and Politico
Associated Press:
Biden will give election-year roast at annual correspondents' dinner as protests await over Gaza war  —  An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents' dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord …
Riley Rogerson / The Daily Beast:25 minutes ago
GOP Campaign Aide's X Account Shared and Liked Racist Posts  —  RECEIPTS  —  Tim Sheehy, GOP candidate for Senate in Montana, hired a campaign staffer with social media accounts and public statements emblematic of the fringe far right. … At first glance, Caleb Oriet's social media accounts look typical …
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
A ‘coat hanger’ could unlock Mar-a-Lago storage room where Trump stored classified docs: Witness  —  The account was relayed to FBI agents by an unidentified aide to Trump.  —  In this March 5, 2024, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump attends …
Alyssa Milano / The Daily Beast:
Harvey Weinstein Isn't Alone.  Our Institutions Are Rapists  —  VOTE THEM OUT  —  In state after state, governments dominated by white men are dehumanizing and taking ownership over women's bodies.  Every branch of our government commodifies and devalues women.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
Arizona Dem says state is bluer ‘not because Arizona is necessarily a blue state,’ but from distaste for GOP ‘extremism’  — An Arizona lawmaker says GOP “extremism” has led many state voters to increasingly back Democrats.  — “The Republican party has become extreme in the age of Trumpism,” the state senator told Politico.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Progressive NY Rep. Jamaal Bowman duped by fake ‘Chief rabbi of Gaza’  —  Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his campaign were duped by the parody social-media account of the fake “Chief Rabbi of Gaza.”  —  The phony X account of “Rabbi Linda Goldstein” is infamous for spouting anti-Zionist vitriol …
Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit  —  As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations and in-kind support.
Alex / Freedom Flotilla:
Press Conference: Under Israeli Pressure, Guinea Bissau Moves to Withdraw Flotilla Flags  —  ISTANBUL, TÜRK&Iabove;YE:  —  On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship - Akdenez.
 
 
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Riley Rogerson / The Daily Beast:
GOP Campaign Aide's X Account Shared and Liked Racist Posts   Find
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Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Israel Agitator Shouts ‘Kill the Jews,’ Gets Everyone Else Arrested   Find
 
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Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Exclusive: Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
Adrian Horton / The Guardian:
‘Demolishing democracy’: how much danger does Christian nationalism pose?
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Britain's Conservative Party, like the U.S. Republican Party, is in turmoil
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Barr, who said Trump shouldn't be near Oval Office, says he will vote for him in 2024
 

 
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
EyeEm, the bankrupt photo sharing network acquired by Freepik last year, will license users' photos to train AI if the images are not deleted within 30 days

 
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